Cebu re-opens tourist spots

CEBU GOV. Gwendolyn Garcia said local tourists should not be given a hard time by requiring them with many documentary travel requirements and even announced tourist spots in the province. the

Garcia formal re-opening the charming and

Bantayan travelling protocols

The regardless

Regional prefer would to

Island, the “Paradise of the North.” requirement to the island tourism sites.

Tourism prospective

Garcia of said travel want

Bantayan to operators guests because their

Department are of of medical certificates. Filipinos and or seafarers. every age, of

Island can travel kun kuyog ang pamilya,” he said. route that there are no age restrictions for Cebuanos

who wish to visit renowned also announced the of tourism considered for the purchase wary

General Community Quarantine. in breath-taking as

She said guests are required to present their confirmed booking at hotels and resorts upon embarking at the ports. These confirmed bookings will also serve as of the two-way boat ticket in going expressed their concern that some of stringent including being asked

Provincial Tourism Task

Force considers the two-way ticket as proof that their visit is tourism in nature and thus differentiates them from Locally Stranded Individuals (LSIS), Authorized Persons Outside of Residence (APOR), and Overseas

Filipino Workers (OFWS) or repatriated

Cebuano, visit any tourism sites in Cebu since the province is already under Modified

Tourism

Director Shalimar Tamano

supported the governor’s statement, adding that families together. “Who dili

Shipping companies serving from

Hagnaya Port in San Remigio town should ask for the QR code of their confirmed tour bookings before allowing have on the tourists safety protocols.

The one,

“Sa the

Island. expressed his

Gobernadora to board the it out to the guests. reopening akong uban so of new normal in tourism. sa guests establishments. Should they upon thanking the governor. imong force for tourism,” he said. ferry.

This is aside from the standard face mask and face shield requirement for all travelers and other health and shipping companies establishments tourism are also required to post their scheduled trips at the tourism portal www.discover.cebu.gov.ph. can easily check the availability of trips.

Guests are likewise encouraged to wear personal air purifiers upon entry in resorts and accommodation fail to will have to provide for them by renting

Tourism stakeholders were elated when Garcia announced the reopening of tourism in Bantayan

“This is a message of gratitude

Gov. Thank you very much for coming and for opening us up again and helping us with our economy,” Rissa

Gigante, an accommodation operator, said and her voice cracked

Sta. Fe Mayor Ithamar Espinosa

said he had second thoughts but full trust and confidence on Garcia and the tourism task force in leading the island to a pagtimbang-timbang daw sa nabahin akong hunahuna. Mahimo ba kong malipayon karon nga aduna na’y kahayag nga subli nang mag-abli ang turismo o mabalaka kaha sa pagdagsa na unya sa bagang duot sa katawhan. Niining tungora, sa dako nako nga pagyukbo ang maong dakong lakang og kalambuan sa akong lungsod nga pagkonsiderar sa kadaghanan isip Paradise of the North, gitugyan nako kanimo task while kami and

“Basta kun unsay madesisyonan ninyo karong adlawa, ako inubanan sa mga Sta. Fehanon, sama sa kanunay, way paglubad nga mosuporta turismo, lost two because the kanimo the mayor said.

Wala’y mga

Madridejos their town

“Kami taga

Garcia of sa sa mananagat ug these

Governor Gwen

Garcia, sa panon paingon sa labing bag-ong kalambuan is have been imposed (Vanessa L. Almeda) sa bisita wala

Mayor dela Fuente, meanwhile,

Madridejos underscored brothers. And for municipalities turismo,”

Sta. Fe was cited last year by

DOT as the 7th most visited tourism site in the Philippines and the 1st in Cebu Province. “Sirado ang sirado sad ang negosyo. pu’y ang katawhan,” Espinosa said. said

Madridejos kami of that can accuse me now that restrictions

Sta. kita

Salvador that far away from the influx of tourists and activities in Sta. Fe, opening the island’s tourism will greatly benefit them as well. bisan tuod wala kami daghan turista pero ang nag-suplay sa mga seafoods diri sa inyo sa Sta Fe, sa Bantayan. Salamat

Gov. Dako kaayo ni nga factor tungod kay mosaka na sad ang presyo sa demand nga mahitabo diri sa Sta. Fe,” he said. reopening tourism is a priority as millions of Cebuanos whose income and livelihood were lost have been suffering since the start of the lockdown in March. “I don’t think anyone

I am making light of Covid-19. Because I have suffered through Covid-19 and

I continue to suffer because I have

I continue to suffer as governor when I see the suffering of the Cebuanos precisely that

Covid-19.

Apan nia ko, to tell you and to sound the clarion call that Bantayan Island

Fe,

Bantayan and Madridejos are open for the tourism business,” she said.